Personal Development

ARE YOU THINKING OR STINKING?
w/ 'Wemen Ojo

Little wonder that Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “mind is a terrible thing to waste”. The mind is the element of the soul of man that does no other function but to think. When the mind is not engaged in a voyage of thinking- right thinking- it becomes sunk in stagnation, and ends up stinking; so no thinking, get stinking.
The mind, divided into the subconscious and the conscious, receives knowledge by instinct and information. By instinct, a man is restricted to the confine of its cave. If you live by instinct, you would soon become extinct. However, information transcends instinct in its dynamism.

Information is the bane of civilization ever witnessed. It was the concealed information revealed to someone in the Stone Age that sprung the transformation and catapulted mankind to the next age.
This is why T.D.Jakes, the renowned American preacher said, "what you don’t know can hurt you". Permit me to stretch it beyond you: "what you don’t know can hurt your great grandchildren”. The good news is that you cannot be hurt anymore, if you are obedient to the dictate of development under your nose. Thank God for authors who wrap up experiences of 20 years in a 200-page book for the price of $20. What more can you get from such books, if not information?

Why not put yourself to test? See how far you can go. Pick up a book, and experience a new you emerging from the mental rut that has held you deep in complacency. I bet you! If you can finish reading every letter in this page, you have conquered the war of ignorance.

If you ask me,” how do I get started?”Simple!

Stir up a DESIRE to read.
 Make a DECISION to read one, but start with a minibook of about 100 pages. The book must come with a title that tickles your interest.
DEVELOP a reading plan or schedule; it must be convenient for you bearing in mind your vocation.
Set DEADLINE for the completion of the book. Please, it must be realistic with respect to your reading speed. This is no time to impress you with impossible deadline. There is one thing it will do to you – discouragement. However, if not achieved, finish the book, anyway.

Easier said than done, isn’t it? Many are a decision undone, voices unheard, desires unfulfilled, target unachieved, doors unopened. A journey of a thousand kilometres commences with a step. The first step to take is to act, and the first step not to take is to procrastinate. Procrastination is a thief of time; and time is money and life. Waste time, you waste your life. But I am convinced beyond any conceivable doubt etched on the tablet of your heart. I know you will do it, because something tells me that you have just crossed the line into transformation. That is what information does.

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This article was first published on  Saturday, May. 05, 2007 – 01:30:11 pm  via http://ojowemen.blog.co.uk/2006/09/20/are_you_thinking_or_stinking~1142637/
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